old-maidishnessn.

Brit.

/ˌəʊl(d)ˈmeɪdɪʃnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˌoʊl(d)ˈmeɪdɪʃnᵻs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: old-maidish adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < old-maidish adj. + -ness suffix.

Behaviour or attitudes supposedly characteristic of an old maid, esp. primness and fussiness.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [noun] > elderly > characteristics of

old-maidism1776

old-maidishness1796

old-maidery1804

1796 W. Beckford Mod. Novel Writing I. xi. 82 There was in the house a Miss Ford who was rather approaching to that period when old maidishness begins.

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 223 If ever she betrayed an atom of old-maidishness, it was on the score of her caps.

1857 O. S. Fowler & L. N. Fowler Illustr. Self-instructor in Phrenol. & Physiol. 112 Is very particular about order, even to old maidishness.

1907 G. B. Shaw Major Barbara Pref. in John Bull's Other Island 185 Here am I,..economically disposed to the limit of old-maidishness.

1975 J. Symons Three Pipe Probl. xvi. 152 With precise old-maidishness he took a small key from his watchchain.

2002 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 26 July 25 The flintiness of manner for which Blunt was renowned has been scrubbed out in favour of a rather innocuous old-maidishness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	old-maidishness
释义	old-maidishnessn. Brit. /ˌəʊl(d)ˈmeɪdɪʃnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌoʊl(d)ˈmeɪdɪʃnᵻs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: old-maidish adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < old-maidish adj. + -ness suffix. Behaviour or attitudes supposedly characteristic of an old maid, esp. primness and fussiness. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [noun] > elderly > characteristics of old-maidism1776 old-maidishness1796 old-maidery1804 1796 W. Beckford Mod. Novel Writing I. xi. 82 There was in the house a Miss Ford who was rather approaching to that period when old maidishness begins. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 223 If ever she betrayed an atom of old-maidishness, it was on the score of her caps. 1857 O. S. Fowler & L. N. Fowler Illustr. Self-instructor in Phrenol. & Physiol. 112 Is very particular about order, even to old maidishness. 1907 G. B. Shaw Major Barbara Pref. in John Bull's Other Island 185 Here am I,..economically disposed to the limit of old-maidishness. 1975 J. Symons Three Pipe Probl. xvi. 152 With precise old-maidishness he took a small key from his watchchain. 2002 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 26 July 25 The flintiness of manner for which Blunt was renowned has been scrubbed out in favour of a rather innocuous old-maidishness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1796
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